On the 16th of September I was invited to make a film of the opening night private viewing of her 81 paces from Korean artist Anna Jung Seo at the A&D Gallery in London. The fourth in my web series focussing on artists (installations, performances, exhibitions etc.). Anna's intimate and spectacular work was ergonomically arranged and satisfyingly presented by the gallery, which made the digestion and observation of her personal imagery enjoyable and rewarding. The drawings and paintings explored a range of emotions, with distinctly colourful pictures mixing with moodier darker pieces. The combination of which, showed the variation in Anna's feelings whilst in the process of creating these new works and the breadth of her skills as an artist. One of the great aspects I find in her work, is the variety of style. Videos For Artists #1 - Memories Through Line & Colour, Anna's last solo show, screened as a feature (see picture left) in the gallery surrounded by the exhibition of these excellent new works. her 81 paces runs until Saturday 20th of September and you can read more about on Gallery Guide.

Branches & Bones is soon to be released online! The editing is now complete and I aim to be officially releasing the film via social media, Youtube and Vimeo in the coming weeks. Check out the gallery of production stills below for a taste. The film is my interpretation of Julie Schmidt Andreasen's dance and movement workshops that took place in the rarely captured mysterious but beautiful grounds of Vallo Castle in Denmark. When I first started developing this project, I really wasn't sure what my end result would look like. I am now very pleased with the film and having sent a preview of my cut to Julie... she is too! I look forward to people seeing our work in this unique video which showcases the interesting and environmentally interactive choreography/games that Julie has created.

I went to Denmark with two films I intended to create, though I now have SIX to put together! You may as well make the most of your time somewhere! From looking at the material when I returned home to England I found more within what I'd shot and others were concieved on the spur of the moment when there. This includes a film of photography observing a Copenhagen beach where you can see over the sea an impressive massive bridge to Sweden and a dance film of new choreography from Julie that premiered a few months ago in a Danish museum, on the same beach. With the latter we also filmed a scene in a dance studio that was converted from a chapel - Dansekapellet.

One of these extra shorts is made-up of two scenes which I thought didn't fit within the overall Branches & Bones film. I felt they needed more breathing space than I could allow and so they're getting their own video. The scenes are of a game in which one person must guide another using only sound; the person with their eyes closed trusting and relying on their partner. It's a very basic idea but yielded images that expressed a genuine intertwine between the people and the nature around them. Three of the production stills are below.

If you've read this far about my work, then sincerely thank you and I hope you get to see my finished films when they come online! I'll mention briefly that there's exciting development of a potential workshop with the central theme being my short documentary A Film By Abigail that would take place in D-NM--K... you guessed it: Denmark again!

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THREE﻿Art Film﻿Commissions﻿

Hello! Thanks for clicking on my blog - it means the world to me that you'd even consider giving me some of your time! I have three new films I've been commissioned to make in the next two months and I am in the midst of development for them. Here's the short rundown of these varied projects:

Outside The Back of The Barbican Centre

#1 THE BARBICAN

On May 8th (that's tomorrow!) I'll be filming 'The Next Room' for their OPEN LAB day at renowned London arts centre THE BARBICAN in the Pit Theatre. This will be the third in my ongoing VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS series, in which I create a documentary of an exhibition/event. A document of the artist's work but also a video piece in its own right. I'm told there will be dance, body-painting and audience members recording their experiences for live broadcast. It should be very interesting to shoot and I have little specific knowledge of what to expect. I'm excited to enter the experiment fresh, sensitive to what occurs.

Marketing Images Danish Workshop / The Dome!

#2 DENMARK

I'll be travelling to Denmark at the end of June for my fourth collaboration with choreographer/dancer JULIE SCHMIDT ANDREASEN. Our first piece of work together was ﻿THE BODY CANVAS, which had its World Premiere at the 'Zealous X' exhibition (Oxo Tower Wharf, Southbank, London) in late November 2013 and was mentioned in TIME OUT LONDON. We then worked together to make the FILTHY LUCRE trailer, now viewed as a separate dance-on-camera work in itself. I see this new film as a psuedo-continuation of previous work, in which similar ideology about dance and its interaction with objects or circumstance, influence and cause conversation in the movement. It will sensitively document non-performers who have signed up to Julie's workshop to interact with the environment through dance. We will also be shooting a short film showcasing new choreography from Julie, at an incredible giant dome-like location that's very picturesque, by the sea.

In Development: Sketching a Shot Idea

#3FILTHY LUCRE

Following the success of my FILTHY LUCRE 3 trailer, I've been asked to return and commissioned to create a new film for their fourth edition of the arts event! The night will also have an orchestra, designers and slam poets demonstrating new work and song covers. My piece will be interpreting "the city" and "urban spaces" in London. How I portray or visually discuss these elements has been left up to me as an artist to develop through an organic and rewarding process, towards a final visual piece. The film will be accompanied by a live music soundtrack of Steve Reich's 'Electric Counterpoint' on the event night of July 12th at the Bussey Building in Peckham. I want to subvert and distort common images of the city skyline and famous buildings using perspective, composition, close-up texture and different methods of mirroring/layering the imagery. The video elements will be shot in black and white, but I've also decided to include full colour photography within the film. Despite the obvious comments that will likely be there, about commercialism and expansion in the capital, I don't want to make a film that hammers home a political view or is an indictment of the place. I want the film to be interpretive and insightful for the audience, pessimistic and also optimistic; an artistically journalistic account of the city from someone only just getting-to-know it. The film will incorporate experimental efforts of inducing nostalgia, through the people and colours of the streets, captured through the innocence but unpredictability of my modified disposable cameras. I can't wait to see how all the components mix and what we might see of London through it.

Thank you for reading my blog! I appreciate the interest in my work and support. Please Like/Share if you can. I look forward to showing you the new films either online or at an event. Please follow me on Twitter@PaulEVernon to connect and keep updated.